The recipient entity's physical address:
           598 Harding Boulevard
Baton Rouge, LA 70807

The recipient entity's mailing address (if different):
           598 Harding Boulevard
Baton Rouge, LA 70807

Type of Entity (for instance, a nonprofit corporation):  Non-Profit Corporation

If the entity is a corporation, list the names of the incorporators:
          

The last four digits of the entity's taxpayer ID number:  2911

What is the dollar amount of the request?  $1,000,000

What type of request is this?  General Appropriation

Is this entity in good standing with the Secretary of State?  Yes

Provide the name of each member of the recipient entity's governing board and officers:
           Southern University System Foundation Board of Trustees
Officers of the Board

Allison J. Young, Chair
Irving Matthews, Vice Chair
Kelvin Coney, Treasurer
Dennis J. Shields, President, Southern University System
Alfred E. Harrell, III, CEO and Corporate Secretary
Members of the Board:

Fred Banks
Henry Baptiste
James E. Brown, Sr.
Preston Castille
Wilbert Ferdinand
Dexter Henderson
Louis Henry
Julian K. Herbert
Roderick Hill
Linda Johnson
Martin W. Johnson
Anna M. Jones
Luke LaVergne
Deidre D. Robert
Domoine D. Rutledge
Joseph M. Stewart
Gary Williams
Ex-Officio Members of the Board
James Ammons, Chancellor, New Orleans Campus
John Pierre, Chancellor, Law-Center Chancellor
Orlando F. McMeans, Chancellor, Ag-Center
Vladimir Appeaning , (Interim) Chancellor, Shreveport Campus
Dennis J. Shields, Chancellor, Baton Rouge Campus
Flandus McClinton, Vice President for Finance and Administration, SU System
Carlton Jones, President, National Alumni Federation
General Counsel
Preston Castille
Chief Executive Officer
Alfred Harrell, III
6170 Monarch Ave
Baton Rouge, LA 70811-6337

Provide a summary of the project or program:
           This funding will provide funding to provide scholarships to the Southern University Nelson Mandela School of Public Policy PhD program.

What is the budget relative to the project for which funding is requested?:
          Salaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . $0
          Professional Services. . . $0
          Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . $0
          Acquisitions . . . . . . . . . $0
          Major Repairs . . . . . . . $0
          Operating Services. . . . $0
          Other Charges. . . . . . . $100,000

Does your organization have any outstanding audit issues or findings?  No

If 'Yes' is your organization working with the appropriate governmental agencies to resolve those issues or findings?
          Not Applicable

What is the entity's public purpose, sought to be achieved through the use of state monies?
          To secure financial support for each of the five campuses of the Southern University System; to provide broader educational advantages for our students, encourage research among our faculty, and advance the University’s role in helping to build an increasingly functional Louisiana.

What are the goals and objectives for achieving such purpose?
          In this case, the funding would be used to support students pursuing a degree from the Southern University Mandela School of Public Policy.

What is the proposed length of time estimated by the entity to accomplish the purpose?
           3 years

If any elected or appointed state official or an immediate family member of such an official is an officer, director, trustee, or employee of the recipient entity who receives compensation or holds any ownership interest therein:
     (a) If an elected or appointed state official, the name and address of the official and the office held by such person:
                 Preston Castille
General Counsel
201 St. Charles Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70802-5946
Member of the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education since 2023

Diedre Roberts
Member of the Board
USDA Regional Director
    
     (b) If an immediate family member of an elected or appointed state official, the name and address of such person; the name, address, and office of the official to whom the person is related; and the nature of the relationship:
                 Not Applicable

     (c) The percentage of the official's or immediate family member's ownership interest in the recipient entity, if any:
                 Not Applicable

     (d) The position, if any, held by the official or immediate family member in the recipient entity:
                  Not Applicable

If the recipient entity has a contract with any elected or appointed state official or an immediate family member of such an official or with the state or any political subdivision of the state:
(a) If the contract is with an elected or appointed state official, provide the name and address of the official and the office held by such person: 
               Not Applicable

(b) If the contract is with an immediate family member of an elected or appointed state official:
          Provide the name and address of such person:
               Not Applicable

          Provide the name, address, and office of the official to whom the person is related:
                Not Applicable

          What is the nature of the relationship?  Not Applicable

(c) If the contract is with the state or a political subdivision of the state, provide the name and address of the state entity or political subdivision of the state:
                 Not Applicable

(d) The nature of the contract, including a description of the goods or services provided or to be provided pursuant to the contract:
               Not Applicable


Contact Information
name:  Christopher Freeman 
                                       address:  1972 Government Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
                                       phone:  4699193459
                                       fax: 
                                       e-mail:  christopher@sutrueblue.org
                                       relationship to entity:  Vice President of Advacement